Literary Record Details

Author: PLATO Phil.

Opus: Respublica
Reference: Plat.Rep.10.620e

Period: Classical

Genre: prose
Subgenre: philosophy
Object:
Gender: m
Context: fate

Greek Text: πρῶτον μὲν ἄγειν αὐτὴν πρὸς τὴν Κλωθὼ ὑπὸ τὴν ἐκείνης χεῖρά τε καὶ ἐπιστροφὴν τῆς τοῦ ἀτράκτου δίνης, κυροῦντα ἣν λαχὼν εἵλετο μοῖραν

English Text: this divinity (daimon) led the soul first to Clotho, under her hand and her turning2 of the spindle to ratify the destiny of his lot and choice